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I Am Charlotte Simmons
Tom Wolfe
In Tom Wolfe's morality tale, his innocent heroine, Charlotte Simmons, is an earnest freshman at the fictional Dupont University. Charlotte is shocked by the campus goings - on - ...... read more
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Hooking Up
Tom Wolfe
This collection of Tom Wolfe's journalism includes essays on the dating and sexual habits of teenagers, the fields of genetics and neuroscience, and TV magazines. It also includes...... read more
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
Sherman McCoy is an icon for the superficial life of the wealthy in New York City in the 1980s. His world is shaken by a sudden encounter with unexpected fear and danger when he accidently...... read more
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The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
Much of Tom Wolfe's compelling story of the first astronauts - - Grissom, Conrad, Glenn, and others - - focuses on Chuck Yeager, the brave test pilot who first broke the sound barrier...... read more
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A Man in Full
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe's novel stars a college football star turned millionaire businessman who, in late middle age, finds himself with a troublesome young wife and a mountain of debt. The cast...... read more
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The Painted Word
Tom Wolfe
In this collection of satiric essays, Tom Wolfe slings mud at the masters of the 1990s avante-garde scene. He burlesques famous critiques of various works and deems renowned art theorists,...... read more
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